Honoré Petit | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Chicoutimi-Saguenay |
Predecessor: | Onésime Côté |
Successor: | District was abolished in 1912 |
Term Start: | 1892 |
Term End: | 1912 |
Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Chicoutimi |
Predecessor2: | District was created in 1912 |
Successor2: | Joseph-Arthur Gaudrault |
Term Start2: | 1912 |
Term End2: | 1919 |
Birth Date: | 26 January 1847 |
Birth Place: | Cap-Santé, Canada East |
Death Place: | Chicoutimi, Quebec |
Honoré Petit (January 26, 1847 - December 1, 1922) was a farmer, lumberman and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay from 1892 to 1912 as a Conservative and Chicoutimi from 1912 to 1919 as a Liberal in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[1]
He was born in Cap-Santé, Canada East, the son of Jean-Baptiste Petit and Marguerite Doré, and was educated at Cap-Santé, Neuville and Lévis. He worked for the Price lumber company for 26 years. Petit was mayor of Sainte-Anne-de-Chicoutimi and warden for Chicoutimi County. He was defeated by Onésime Côté when he ran for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1890. Petit was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1919. He died three years later in Chicoutimi at the age of 74.